Contemporary sociological theory

✍ Scribed by J H Turner

Publisher: Sage
Year: 2013
Tongue: English
Leaves: 769
Series: 1
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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Contemporary sociological theory by J H Turner

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Brief Contents
Detailed Contents
Chapter 1 - The Nature of Sociological Theory
Part I - Functional Theorizing
Chapter 2 - The Rise of Functionalist Theorizing
Chapter 3 - Talcott Parsons’ Analytical Functionalism
Chapter 4 - Niklas Luhmann’s Systems Functionalism
Chapter 5 - Efforts to Revitalize Functionalism
Part II - Evolutionary and Ecological Theorizing
Chapter 6 - The Rise of Evolutionary and Ecological Theorizing
Chapter 7 - Ecological Theories
Chapter 8 - Stage Theories of Societal Evolution
Chapter 9 - Darwinian-Inspired Evolutionary Theories
Part III - Conflict Theorizing
Chapter 10 - The Rise of Conflict Theorizing
Chapter 11 - Early Analytical Conflict Theories
Chapter 12 - Randall Collins’ Analytical Conflict Theory
Chapter 13 - Marxian Conflict Theories
Chapter 14 - Conflict Theories in Historical-Comparative Sociology
Part IV - Interactionist Theorizing
Chapter 15 - The Rise of Interactionist and Phenomenological Theorizing
Chapter 16 - Symbolic Interactionist Theories of Identity
Chapter 17 - Role Theories
Chapter 18 - Status Theories
Chapter 19 - Dramaturgical Theories
Chapter 20 - Ethnomethodological Theories
Part V - Exchange Theorizing
Chapter 21 - The Rise of Exchange Theorizing
Chapter 22 - Early Exchange Theories
Chapter 23 - Rational Choice Theories
Chapter 24 - Exchange-Network Theories
Part VI - Structuralist and Cultural Theorizing
Chapter 25 - The Rise of Structuralist and Cultural Theorizing
Chapter 26 - Early Structural and Cultural Theories
Chapter 27 - Cultural Theories
Chapter 28 - Structuration Theory
Chapter 29 - Network Analysis
Part VII - The Challenge of Critical Theorizing
Chapter 30 - The Rise of Critical Theory
Chapter 31 - Critical Theories of the Frankfurt School
Chapter 32 - Postmodern Critical Theories
Chapter 33 - American-Style Critical Theories
Index
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